Talk:Mothers of the Disappeared

Bono meets the Madres
I have one or two articles which briefly mention Bono meeting with the Madres in 1998, which was seen by millions on Argentinian television. I think that this detail is important to work into the article, but I cannot figure out where the best place to integrate it would be. Any thoughts on where it should go? Melicans (talk, contributions) 14:58, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Tears in the rainfall
In the article there's the following quote: "I was singing about how 'in the rain we see their tears,' the tears of those who have been disappeared. And when you listen to that mix you can actually hear the rain outside. It was magical really." I'm sure that a remember seeing an article a few years ago which described in more detail how they captured the sound of the rain on the roof, and why they added it into the song, but I can't find it anywhere now after months of searching through the books that I have, Google, and old articles on my University library database. Does anyone know/have access to this article? I'm sure that I didn't dream it up. It might have been in that special U2 edition of Mojo a few years back, which I used to own but lost a while back. Can anyone help me out? Melicans (talk, contributions) 21:20, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I can try searching through the standard channels I go through... I'm actually more curious to know at what point in the song you can actually hear the rain. I've always thought Bono was just blowing smoke about this... Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk &bull; contributions) 15:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it's the very beginning of the song, before the guitar fades in. Melicans (talk, contributions) 15:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

The "madres"
For some reason this article seems to equate the 'madres de mayo', from argentina, with the families of the 'desaparecidos', of chile. While they are both families of the political prisoners/executed, they are not the same. 186.11.147.79 (talk) 05:10, 14 July 2011 (UTC)


 * This still seems to be an issue. I can make some appropriate edits, but since this has been through a GA review, I don't want to step into someone else's process. Does anyone want to weigh in on it first? — Zujine |talk 17:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It is down to WP:V. We can only use what the sources say, and the sources in the article all mention the Madres. Indeed, most only mention Argentina, with coverage of Chile and the Desaparecidos being much more limited. Following WP:V, we can't extrapolate/expand beyond what the sources say. Though I'm welcome to any suggestions/improvements. Melicans (talk, contributions) 00:31, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Links?
As a featured article, I would assume the first times Nicaragua and El Salvador are mentioned, they would be linked to their respective pages. Is there a reason this has not been done?  Rob van  vee  14:59, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Major geographical locations are generally not linked, per WP:OVERLINK. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk &bull; contributions) 16:05, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * They are linked, lower down. I'm wondering why they are not in the lead. I always thought(perhaps mistakenly) that links added to pages are done so as soon as they are mentioned in the article?  Rob van  vee  17:09, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

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